Christopher Turner is the CEO of Grace Global Media Corporation (the parent company of Grace Animation Studios, LLC; Grace Fun Center, LLC; and The Grace Foundation, Inc.) and is also the creator and developer of the Avenging Apes of Africa.

God gave the Avenging Apes to Christopher in a dream over 18 years ago. From this simple dream, God has led Turner to build the Avenging Apes Brand in many directions from a simple concept into an animation property of tremendous depth. Christopher has gathered together an international team of animators, artists, designers, directors, producers, composers, consultants, investors, and sponsors, who have developed the Avenging Apes of Africa into a brand with amazing versatility, including an animated DVD/TV movie that has been sold in over 36 international territories.

At present, Turner and his team are aggressively developing the Avenging Apes of Africa TV series for both national and international distribution, and establishing an effectively managed licensing program (Avenging Apes toys, games, clothes, Video games, etc). In addition to all this will be the opening of the first of many Go Go Gorillas! Fun Centers (where kids can go ape!) based on the Avenging Apes’ adventures in jungles around the world. (www.gogogorillas.com)

Through patience, perseverance and faith, Christopher is now seeing his dream come true, believing with confidence that kids all around the world will fall in love with the Avenging Apes of Africa and AvengingApes.Com. When not building upon this amazing dream provided by God, Christopher enjoys reading interesting literature dealing with business, Christianity, cartoons, and studying the Bible. Turner also loves spending time with his kids, family and church. Some of his other favorite activities are weight lifting, cardio-fitness and watching great movies.

Christopher's Words of encouragement are
"Never ever give up
and always give it your best in whatever you do".

David Harris is the President of Grace Animation Studios. David came to Grace Animation Studios in February 2004 and is very excited to be a part of a company that “is bigger than myself.” In his freetime David enjoys fishing. David is married to his beautiful wife, Dana, with whom he has three children: Lexi, Krista, and Holli.

David’s words of encouragement are
“Success is not a destination,
but it’s what we do and
how we act on our journey.”

John Celestri is Vice President of Animation at Grace Animation Studios, LLC. He is also the principal animator behind The Avenging Apes of Africa, guiding and directing the development of all animation properties owned by the studio. A 30-year veteran of the animation industry, John learned the basics of classical 2D animation from some of the best animators who drew for Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Max Fleischer and Terrytoons—all famous animation studios of the 1930s through 1960s.

For John, the best part of his job is “not only making characters move and act in funny ways, but also in having the chance to reveal the depth and souls of cartoon characters and have them act in ways that can be related to by kids in all parts of the world.”

John’s words of encouragement are
“ Never sell yourself short.
You can’t reach a goal
if you don’t take that first step.”

Dan DeForest is the Art Director of Grace Animation Studios, LLC. Dan came to Grace Animation Studios, LLC. 1996 and developed all of the art drawings of the Avenging Apes and all of the other characters. Dan loves to draw and he also does sculpting and painting. Dan enjoys creating different drawings of the Avenging Apes and other cast members. Dan has been drawing since he was very very young. Some of his favorite things to do when not working the Avenging Apes is draw, draw and draw...although he does some painting.

His words of wisdom are
"Draw, draw and draw...paint some too!"